A friend who was moving gave us one of the self watering containers and we decided to buy the soil from Gardeners Supply. We didn't know that there was a fertilizer that could come with it and didn't take the time to research it in our excitement to try out the new pot. We put two tomato seedlings in the pot and then grew the other 4 seedlings in other large pots with regular potting soil right next to them. The ones in the Gardener's Supply pot took off like rockets. They were taller and more lush than their sister seedlings right through July. Then the leaves started to turn a purplish color. I couldn't figure out what was wrong. The plants were looking very sickly by the time I asked a master gardener friend to take a look. He said that they looked like they were lacking some soil nutrient. I forget which one he said. It was too late to do anything about it by then. When the current growing season arrived we wanted to give the pot another try but this time we called Gardeners Supply first. We found out that the fertilizer that can come with the soil helps to amend it with additional nutrients for the plants. We are repeating the same experiment with tomatoes in the same pots this year and again the seedlings in the Gardener's Supply pot are much taller and more lush. We anticipate a much better outcome this year now that we have learned to carefully read the catalog and to call if we had questions. One additional thing...we have made a solemn vow to never tell any of the neighbors that we actually paid to have soil shipped to us. They won't understand that it is special soil, but we do.

These refills make getting your container garden easy, as everything is already pre-measured. The container mix and fertilizer are perfectly proportioned to the tomato success kits and are definitely formulated to help your plants achieve their best growth in a container. I noticed that this mix dries out less quickly than regular vegetable garden mixes, so it's good for all containers.

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